Whose tanks?
The tanks I used to ride around in and take to the firing range when I was in the Army National Guard. We also conducted civil disturbance training in the wake of Kent State, no tanks involved.
We were always told that we could be `Federalized’, but only with the consent of the Governor of our state.
Now, not up on the details, but didn’t Eisenhower federalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 to enforce desegregation, without the consent of Orville Faubus, governor?